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March 2, 2017
European Parliament adopts robust report on trade policy and wildlife protection
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a robust report concerning EU Common Commercial Policy in the context of wildlife sustainability imperatives.
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March 1, 2017
Guatemalan Congress approves animal welfare legislation
The Guatemalan Congress voted to approve legislation that will improve the lives of animals throughout the country. It is the first time the legislative body presented this kind of bill, submitted by HSI and its local partners in 2016.
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March 1, 2017
Congreso guatemalteco aprueba legislación de bienestar animal
El Congreso guatemalteco votó a favor de la aprobación de legislación que mejorará las vidas de los animales en todo el país. Es la primera vez que una ley de este tipo, remitida por HSI y sus socios locales en el 2016, es presentada para su discusión en la asamblea.
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March 1, 2017
グアテマラの議会が動物福祉法を承認
グアテマラの議会で、国中の動物の境遇を改善できる法令が投票により承認されるという歴史的な決定がなされた。立法機関がこのような法案を提出したのは初めてで、法案は2016年にヒューメイン・ソサイエティー・インターナショナル(Humane Society International, HSI)と地元のパートナー団体が提案したものである。
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February 28, 2017
Wildlife slaughter proponents unite
During a recent parliamentary committee meeting, some Conservative and Liberal Members of Parliament openly discussed trading political support for the commercial slaughter of seals in Atlantic Canada for support for the British Columbia grizzly bear trophy hunt.
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February 28, 2017
$2,500 reward offered for information on cruel attack against El Salvador zoo’s hippo
HSI/Latin America is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the attack and subsequent death of Gustavito, the hippopotamus of the El Salvador National Zoo.
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February 28, 2017
Se ofrece recompensa de $2,500 por información sobre el cruel ataque contra el hipopótamo del zoológico de El Salvador
HSI/Latinoamérica está ofreciendo una recompensa de hasta US$ 2,500 por información que lleve a la identificación, arresto y condena de los responsables del ataque que llevó a la muerte a Gustavito, el hipopótamo del Parque Zoológico Nacional de El Salvador.
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February 22, 2017
Petição é lançada no Brasil para salvar animais dos cruéis testes de envenenamento para agrotóxicos
A Top Model Fernanda Tavares se uniu a HSI e ao Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal em um esforço para poupar a vida de milhares de animais do sofrimento desnecessário em testes de segurança para agroquímicos.
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February 22, 2017
Petition launched to save animals from cruel pesticide poisoning tests in Brazil
Top Model Fernanda Tavares has joined HSI and the National Forum for Animal Protection and Defense in an effort to spare the lives of thousands of animals from needless suffering in cruel and obsolete agrochemical tests in Brazil.
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February 21, 2017
Barilla Brazil confirms it will be cage-free by 2020
Giraffas, one the largest restaurant companies in Brazil, has announced a partnership with HSI to transition to exclusively cage-free eggs in its supply chain.
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February 21, 2017
Unauthorised drug found in Canadian horsemeat
Belgium has notified the European Commission that authorities found oxyphenylbutazone, which is a banned substance in food-producing animals in the EU, in chilled horsemeat from Canada. The substance is widely administered to horses, particularly in the United States.
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February 15, 2017
Fourth tragic barn fire in 16 days points to broader problem
In light of a string of barn fires in recent years, HSI/Canada is again calling on provincial and federal governments to take urgent action to require safety measures to address a widespread problem in Canada.
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February 14, 2017
Proposed regulation to allow rhino horn trade and export in South Africa could worsen trafficking crisis, says Humane Society International
Amidst a continuing rhino poaching and rhino horn trafficking crisis, last week South Africa proposed a new regulation to allow domestic trade and export of rhino horn purchased in the country.
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February 14, 2017
Fifteen dogs rescued from dogfighting and neglect in Costa Rica
A raid of a suspected dogfighting ring in Purral, Costa Rica, resulted in the rescue of 15 severely neglected dogs, several of whom showed clear signs of fighting. The Costa Rican National Animal Health Service conducted the seizure, with the help of HSI/Latin America and American Stafford Costa Rica.
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February 14, 2017
Quince perros rescatados de las peleas y el abandono en Purral, Costa Rica
Una redada a un local sospechoso de organizar peleas de perros en la comunidad de Purral en Costa Rica llevó al rescate de 15 perros severamente maltratados, muchos de los cuales mostraban claras marcas de peleas.
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February 13, 2017
Street artist Amitabh Kumar creates gigantic mural depicting the cruelty inflicted on hens in factory farming
First of a kind mural portraying the suffering of egg-laying hens in battery cages created by prolific Indian street artist Amitabh Kumar
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February 8, 2017
Stop investing in animal suffering
MEPs Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA) and Isabella De Monte (S&D) joined HSI in their call for greater collaboration with regard to animal welfare and investment policy in the European Union.
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February 6, 2017
정부, 주요 화학안전관리 법안 개정 및 제정 앞두고 동물대체시험
국제동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널 (Humane Society International, HSI)은 환경부의 화학물질의 등록 및 평가 등에 관한 법률(이하, 화평법) 개정법률안과 생활화학제품 및 살생물제 안전관리법(이하, 살생물제법) 제정 입법예고안에 대하여 동물대체시험 확산과 지원을 위한 핵심적인 노력이 전혀 반영되지 않았음을 지적한 의견을 6일 제출했다. 정부는 입법예고에 대한 의견을 2월 6일까지 받고 있다. HSI가 제출한 의견의 주요내용은 유럽과 미국의 관련 법에서는 규정되어 있지만 국내 법안에서는 언급 정도에만 그치는 ▲ 동물실험을 최후의 수단으로 할 것을 시험의 원칙으로 명문화하고 ▲이미 존재하는 시험자료 공유가 원할이 되도록 지원하여 산업계에서 추가 비용과 시간을 들여 반복적으로 동물실험 하는 것을 방지하고 ▲국제적으로 검증된 최신 대체시험법의 신속한 채택하는 내용이 법안에 포함되어야 한다는 것이다.
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February 6, 2017
韓国環境部に対し、現代的な動物実験の代替法を化学物質規制に取り入れるチャンスを逃したと指摘
ヒューメイン・ソサイエティー・インターナショナル(Humane Society International, HSI)は、ここ最近のK-REACH(化学物質登録及び評価等に関する法律)の改正や生活化学製品及び殺生物剤安全管理法の制定において、動物実験の代替法の更なる拡大を促進するという政府の意気込みに行動が伴わなかったことを指摘するために、韓国環境部に対して文書を提出した。
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February 6, 2017
South Korean Environment Ministry chided for overlooking modern animal testing alternatives in chemical laws
HSI has filed comments with South Korea’s Ministry of Environment denouncing the government’s failure to follow through on its commitment to expand its support of alternative approaches to animal testing in recent legislative proposals to revise the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and establish the new Life Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Management Act.
